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For National Poetry Month, Perspectives On Poetry, Identity And Inspiration

4:31pm April 30, 2019

by Natalie Brennan

April is the most poetic month, and we're celebrating by asking poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Yanyi, and Franny Choi to talk about what inspires them to write, and how poetry helps express identity.

Reprinted from I Was Their American Dream (copyright 2019 by Malaka Gharib).

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In 'I Was Their American Dream,' It's Culture, Not Color, That Matters

2:05pm April 30, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Even as NPR editor Malaka Gharib makes light of herself in her high-spirited graphical memoir, her wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.

Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi's Second Novel Wins Fiction Award

6:43am April 30, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced the winner of the prestigious 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It is 35-year-old Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi for her novel, Call Me Zebra.

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Melinda Gates at a panel discussion in New York in February. She is the author of a new book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.

Melinda Gates On Marriage, Parenting And Why She Made Bill Drive The Kids To School

10:33am April 29, 2019

by Michel Martin

In her new book, The Moment Of Lift, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation calls on readers to support women everywhere as a means to lift up society.

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April is National Poetry Month. From left to right, poets: Kaveh Akbar, Fatimah Asghar, Ada Limon, Hieu Minh Nguyen and Ashley M. Jones.

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A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month

6:01am April 28, 2019

Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.

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Anthony Burgess poses for a photograph in 1973, two years after the release of the film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange — and right around the time he was working on the recently unearthed manuscript.

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A Horrorshow Find: 'Clockwork Orange' Follow-Up Surfaces After Decades Unseen

8:13pm April 25, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Not long after the release of the film adaptation, Anthony Burgess embarked on an ambitious companion to his seminal novel. But it was never published, and the manuscript went unread — until now.

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Poet Franny Choi Reads From Her New Book 'Soft Science'

5:25pm April 24, 2019

Poet Franny Choi reads a poem from her new book Soft Science and describes how poets of color are supporting each other.

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Victor Hugo's 'Hunchback Of Notre Dame' Immortalized French Cathedral

7:55am April 17, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Hugo's novel tops Amazon's best-seller list in France, following Monday's fire that ravaged the cathedral. The 19th century story was a campaign to get the cathedral restored.

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The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes are getting handed out Monday.

WATCH LIVE: Pulitzer Prizes Name A New Crop Of Winners For 2019

8:34pm April 15, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.

School Students Succeed At Getting Textbook Corrected

6:56am April 12, 2019

It said Columbus landed in America in 1492. The kids knew Columbus had landed on Caribbean islands — he was in the Americas. After initially ignoring their request, the publisher agreed to fix it.

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